New York: Viking Press, 1982. First edition. Cloth. Tall, clothbound quarto in dustwrapper. 319 pp monograph with text by Erica brown and a preface by Walter Hoving. illustrated mostly in black and white. A near fine copy in dustwrapper. A large and heavy book. More
New York: Abbeville Press, 1994. Second printing. Hardcover. Wide hardbound quarto in dustwrapper. 256 pp. With special photography by Fritz von der Schulenberg. Includes 150 full-color photographs. Interior design influences from the Napoleanic Era of neo-classicism that spread through Europe in the 18th century and beyond. SIGNED by the author..... More
Fairport, NY: Donald P. Naetzker, 1986. First edition. Paperback. Tall trade paperbound volume. 113 pp. Illustrated in black and white. Ingenuity applied to old antiques and other objects. A lovely near fine copy. More
Perugia: Benucci Editore, 1985. First edition. Cloth. Very tall clothbound quarto issued without dustwrapper and housed in an illustrated hard slipcase. 144 pp. Text in Italian by Ottorino gurrieri. Lavishly illustrated in color with some black and white. A fine copy in fine slipcase. More
Milano: il Risorgimento, 1933. First edition. Paperback. Tall softbound quarto. Annual of graphic and printing arts. Text in Italian. A very good copy in bound illustrated wrappers. More
Italy: Associazione Nazionale Italiana, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. Fabulous book displaying dozens of examples of fine press printing from Italy. Examples using blind embossing, offset lithography, web-offset, screen printing, sheet-fed gravure, flexography, and die-cutting. Printed on various color paper. Fine condition. Laminated boards with linen spine and metal corner tips..... More
Tokyo and Amsterdam: Bijutsu Shuppan-Sha and Harry N. Abrams, 1964. First edition. Cloth. Huge folio size clothbound volume in thick clear plastic dustwrapper. 554 pp. With fantastic gravure photographs of Japanese temples and their art and environs. A fine copy in near dustwrapper with a chip at the top of..... More
Japan: Magazine House Mook, 2008. First edition. Paperback. Paperbound folio. Glossy Japanese magazine featuring articles on everything from food, to fashion to travel to entertainment subjects. Editor-in-Chief is Takefumi Ishiwatari. Photographs by Kishin Shinoyama. Fine condition in tall illustrated bound wrappers. Text primarily in Japanese with some English... More
Japan: Japan Wool Show Commitee, No Date. First edition. Paperback. Quarto. Thick sewn wrappers. Intoduction in English by Shukichi Kimura. Unpaginated volume of wool samples from Japan. Some light cover wear, but overall a well-preserved very good copy. Quite scarce with only two examples noted in O.C.L.C.... More
Vercelli: White Star S. p. a., 2006. First American edition. Hardcover. Hardbound quarto in dustwrapper. 256 pp. First American edition distributed by Rizzoli. A monograph on custom folding knives. Text by Dr. David Darom, Ron Appleton, Steve Lindsay and others. With gorgeous color photographs of dozens of knife specimens by..... More
Paris: Les Arts Decoratifs, 2007. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. 238 pp. Beautiful fine monograph on this avant-garde dress designer. Text in French. More
Canada: Centre Canadien D'Architecture, 1993. First edition. Paperback. Stapled illustrated wrappers. 31 pp. Text in both French and English. Illustrated in black and white. Published on the occasion of a 1993 exhibition in Montreal. Very good clean copy. More
Munchen: Prestel, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition. The rare clothbound edition issued without dustwrapper. Text in German. 192 pp. Very good condition. More
Milan: Antonio Vallardi Editore, 1962. First edition. Hardcover. First Italian edition. Quarto. 141 pp. Text in Italian. Profusely illustrated. Very good in unclipped dustwrapper. More
New York: Weatherhill, 1975. First edition. Cloth. Clothbound quarto in dustwrapper. Stated first edition. 259 pp. Illustrated in color. A candid appraisal of the state of netsuke collecting and the market. A handsome copy in decorated brown cloth binding in near fine unclipped dustwrapper. Quite handsome... More
Northford, CT: Sol's Path, 1931. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Cloth spine over boards. 52 pp. With numerous black and white photographs of the interior and exterior of a New England house that has sheltered eight generations. Faint sunning to board edges. A handsome very good copy. Minor corner wear... More
New York: G. W. Bromley & Company, 1934. First edition. Cloth. Oblong clothbound elephant folio size volume. With 188 detailed block - by -block building maps of the City of Manhattan. Includes Block and Street Indexes. Enormously detailed and informative with minute building chnages made by hand from previous editions..... More
New York: Stewart, Tabori and Chang, 1984. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. Foreword by Ralph Lauren. 223 pp. Near fine in cloth binding in near fine dustwrapper. Profusely illustrated. INSCRIBED by NIles and dated in year of publication. More
New York: Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1967. First edition. Cloth. Small clothbound quarto in dustwrapper. Housed in a hard slipcase. 192 pp. Includes numerous mostly black and white photographs. An excellent refernce work on glass paperweights and their makers. Ting prior owner initials to front endpaper. Slightly musty. A solid..... More
Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1963. Second printing. Hardcover. Thick hardbound quarto in dustwrapper. 432 numbered pages followed by several plates in fold-out paper sleeves. Stated second printing of the Tuttle edition. First published in 1929. An excellent reference work. A very good copy in somewhat worn dustwrapper clipped at..... More
New York: Peter Blum Edition, 1995. Second edition. Cloth. Stated second edition of this oversized volume of photographs by Ruff with texts by Steven Holl, Hans Kollhoff, Rem Koolhaas, Eduardo Souto de Moura and Theodora Vischer. Introduction by Terence Riley. Mostly black and white photos with a few tipped on..... More
New York: Neiman Marcus / Melcher media, 2007. First edition. Hardcover. Elephant folio. Extravagently designed pop up book produced to celebrate the 100th anniversary of this high end retailer. One small portion of one of the pop ups is slightly damaged else all others appear to be in fine working..... More
Hartford: Wadsworth Atheneum, 2000. First edition. Cloth. Large, thick clothbound quarto in dustwrapper. 416 pp. Illustrated in both color and black and white. This book documents in detail the extensive collection of French porcelain from the J. Pierpont Morgan collection housed at the Wadsworth Atheneum. A handsome near fine copy..... More
Newport, Mon and England: The Ceramic Book Company, 1961. First edition. Hardcover. Hardbound quarto. 200 numbered pages followed by a lengthy suite of full-page black and white photographs of examples of antique porcelain. Some age spotting to pages. A very good copy. Briefly INSCRIBED by Ryland Scott, Jr. With 750..... More
Amsterdam: Aronson Antiquairs of Amsterdam, 2003. First edition. Hardcover. Hardbound quarto in dustwrapper. 64 pp. Illustrated entirely in color. Foreword and catalog descriptions by Dave and Robert Aronson. A handsome near fine copy in illustrated dustwrapper. More
